New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-05-11

Have you seen the parasols displayed
in Kuetzing's adj. !? # not, do so at
once.
Smoke the celebrated sPhilopene''
the best 10 cent cigar in the market.
Only manufactured by Mueller & Es-
sen.
Freight train No. 10 while going up
the grade West last Thursday afternoon
ran over and killed COW belonging to
Anton Loesh.
The new Eagle Mill whistle was tuned
up last Monday making everybody
believe that there was steamboat COM
ing.
With a view to tracing the cause of
infectious diseases periodically reap
pearing in this city, the board Of health
have procured fifty samples Of we'll
water, taken from as many different
localities. A careful analysis of these
samples is being made. And when
completed will be published for the
benefit of our citizens.
We note with pleasure that a spirit
ofeconomy pervades our county officers.
Straying into the county building ear
ly Monday morning we noticed that
the clock in the Registers Office had
stopped and upon inquiry were informed
by the Register that he always stopped
the clock Saturday evening so as to
avoid wear of the machinery when not
needed.
Monday evening sparks from a pas
sing engine set fire to the hay and straw
in the stockyards. In a very few minutes
the fences caught fire and it looked as
though there would be a general blaze.
Fortunately the yard-men noticed the
fire and began throwing water with the
yard engine. They had the fire under
control in a short time and saved Agent
Heideman considerable anxiety.
Mr.. Fred Dietz of Mapleton has the
contract to carry the mail between New
Ulm and Lone Tree Lake and will re-
move to this place in June.
The city council has appointed coun-
cilors Schmucker and Jacobs COM
mittee to get estimates of cost of sprirk-
ling Minnesota Street from Sd Street
North to 4th Street South, and report
at an early date. This is a move in the
right direction. The dust nuisance is be-
ginning to be unbearable. At various
times some of our merchants have tried
to get the streets sprinkled but did moi
succeed because there always were a
large number who refused to contribute
and those willing to pay did not care
to expend money for parties who re-
fused to assist. The only just way te
go at this street sprinkling business
would be to assess adjoining property
pro.rata for the expense incurred. I
would cost about twenty Dollars pc,
month to sprinkle one block. Thi
would bring the cost for one lot, of 81
feet frontage, to about $l.5o per month
or $3.50 for the dusty season. The Oh
lection might be raised that there ar
a number of vacant lots in the block
mentioned and that it would be unius
to tax the owners when they derive n
direct benefit from the expenditure. w
don't think the argument a good one
The owners of vacant lots hold then
for speculative purposes and by doin,
so retard the growth of the city. The
don't pay as much taxes, in proportion
as the owners of property containin
buildings A number of choice places
on Minnesota street, would have bee
ornamented by substantial bushes
blocks long ago had it not been for tt
exhorbitant values set upon the prop
erty by the speculative owners. W
say, tax them all alike, it may bring tn
spectators to their senses and instea
OF being detriment to the town the
may become benefcient property oW
ners and citizens. We hope that th
council committee will be able to RI
port progress this week and orde
the sprinkling of streets Monday {
next week.
An old farmer predicts in the Win,
na REPuRIIGAN that we are to have